Dubbed “Heaven’s trumpeter” by the Toronto-based ensemble Arraymusic, Amy Horvey is one of
Canada’s most versatile and original emerging young trumpeters. In the last three years, her
concert engagements have included the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Holland Festival, Open
Space Victoria New Music Series, Arraymusic, Soundstreams Canada, National Arts Center/NAC
Orchestra, Montréal Symphony, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, and Kraakgeluiden Amsterdam. In 2006 Amy
toured Canada with a solo recital entitled The Perspective of Disappearance,
and was invited by Dave Douglas to be a featured soloist at the Festival of New Trumpet Music in
New York City. She has created original musical scores for several dance projects with Lithuanian
choreographer Agnija Sarulienne. Amy’s most recent projects include The Queen of
the Music Boxes, an electric vaudeville collaboration with composer Jeff Morton, and the
2007 Lucerne Festival Academy with Pierre Boulez. In May 2008, she toured Northern Italy with a
program of contemporary music for solo trumpet.